Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Zechariah 11:2

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2. fir tree . . . cedar —if even the cedars (the highest in the state) are not spared, how much less the fir trees (the lowest)! forest of . . . vintage —As the vines are stripped of their grapes in the vintage (compare :- ), so the forest of Lebanon "is come down," stripped of all its beauty. Rather, " the fortified " or " inaccessible forest " [MAURER]; that is, Jerusalem dense with houses as a thick forest is with trees, and "fortified" with a wall around. Compare :- , where its desolate state is described as a forest. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-3" class="com-number"

Pericope (part_of)

• part_of pericope/per-zec-11-001

절 (explains)

bible-text/zec-11-2

Source

• source-manifest/jfb — Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (PD)
• evidence_grade: T_theological